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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches. – Eric Hoffer

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. – Eric Hoffer

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. – Charles de Gaulle

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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. – Sitting Bull

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Power without a nations confidence is nothing. – Catherine the Great

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Never allow a person to tell you no who doesnt have the power to say yes. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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